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Peter Balousek, MD graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed his residency in neurosurgery and a fellowship in interventional neuroradiology at the University of California, where he was an assistant clinical professor of radiology.

Dr. Balousek is one of the few neurosurgeons in Seattle with special training and expertise in general and endovascular neurosurgery and radiosurgery. His interests include treatment of cerebral aneurysms, AVMs, and cerebrovascular disease/stroke, as well as treatment of brain tumors by both open surgery and with VMC's BrainLab radiosurgery unit.

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Erica M. Brandling-Bennett, PhD, ABPP, completed her BA in psychology and neuroscience at Dartmouth College. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, which included an internship in clinical psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the Department of Psychiatry. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the UCLA Semel Institute and Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, where she specialized in neuropsychological evaluations of patients with epilepsy and served as Chief Fellow of the UCLA Medical Psychology Assessment Center. She is board certified in clinical neuropsychology. She conducts neuropsychological evaluations, which involve the evaluation of cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning, in patients with a variety of neurological conditions, including seizures, brain tumors, strokes, traumatic brain injury, and dementia.

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Dr. Sophia Cheng graduated from Shanghai Medical College, Fudan Undiversity with additional medical research training and faculty positions at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She completed her residency in Neurology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport and further fellowship in Neurophysiology at University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Before joining the Valley Medical Center, she was in private practice in Ohio.

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Dr. Sophia Cheng is board certified in neurology and psychiatry. She practices all aspects of general neurology medicine, with special interests in dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, epilepsy, neuropathy and neuromuscular disease.

In her spare time she likes traveling, cooking, music and spending time with her family.

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The Sleep Center

400 South 43rd Street

Renton, WA, 98055

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Kevin Joseph, DO, earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in 2001. He completed his residency and fellowship training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center in the Washington, DC area. From 2006–2010, Dr. Joseph served as the Chief of Child Neurology at Madigan Army Medical Center.

Dr. Joseph is board certified in Child Neurology, Sleep Medicine and Epilepsy. He strives to provide the best medical care possible with compassion and empathy to children with epilepsy, sleep disorders, headaches and tic disorders. He also has expertise in cerebral palsy/spasticity management with botulinum toxin.

Dr. Joseph is married to an OB/GYN physician and has two young boys. He enjoys music, reading and spending time with his family.

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Neuroscience Institute

Valley Professional Center3915 Talbot Rd S Ste 216

Renton, WA, 98055

Phone: 425.656.5566 option 1

Fax: 425.656.5567

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Hailing from New York, Judy Li, DO, completed her undergraduate work at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, and received her doctorate of osteopathy from PCOM in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Li completed her pediatric residency in Brooklyn, NY at Maimonides Medical Center before joining Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital to complete her child neurology residency. Dr. Li is board certified in Neurology with special qualification in child neurology. She also has interests in headache, epilepsy, movement disorders and developmental disorders.

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David A. Lundin, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine, where he graduated at the top of his class. He completed his internship and residency in Neurological Surgery at the UW and served as a Senior Registrar at the renowned Atkinson Morley's Hospital in London, England. He then completed a fellowship in spinal surgery at the UW with the departments of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery followed by a Chief Residency in Neurological Surgery. He served as Director of Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine at the Southern California Center for Neuroscience and Spine in Los Angeles before joining the WNI as the Neurosurgery Medical Director of the Spine Center in 2008. Dr. Lundin specializes in all types of complex and minimally invasive spinal surgery, including non-fusion techniques such as artificial disk replacement.

Dr. Lundin has been widely published in numerous medical and neurology journals.

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Mark Piker, MD, joined Valley Neuroscience Institute in 2007 as the Medical Director of the Headache Clinic. He is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurologist, with more than ninety percent of his practice dedicated to the diagnosis and management of headache disorders. Besides headaches his other subspecialty interest is multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Piker believes that there are various physiological, psychological, and genetical factors that influence the frequency and the severity of headaches; lifestyle choices and personal response to the daily environment affect headaches as well.His approach to the treatment of headaches consists of (a) proper diagnosis of the headache, (b) identifying potential headache triggers, (c) modifying and possibly eliminating triggers, (c) combining non-pharmacological, pharmacological, and cognitive-behavioral modalities for a treatment success.

Dr. Piker performs trigger point injections, occipital nerve blocks, botulinum toxin injections. and treatment of acute intractable headache during clinic working hours. He tries to avoid multiday hospitalizations for intractable headaches; instead, Valley Medical Center's Infusion Center may be used to help break the cycle of runaway pain with intravenous infusion of certain medications.

Dr. Piker graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, with Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing degree in 1997. He received the MD degree from University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, in 2002. He completed four years of neurology residency training, followed by one year subspecialty fellowship training in the management of headache disorders at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA in 2007.

In his spare time he enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, foosball, and throwing his kids at a local Judo dojo.

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Michael Previti, MD, received his medical doctorate at the University of Massachusetts after obtaining his undergraduate degree in the biological basis of behavior from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Previti completed his internship and neurology residency at the University of Washington, as well as a vascular neurology fellowship. He served two years as a neurohospitalist in Winston-Salem North Carolina at Forsyth Medical Center. During that time, Dr. Previti actively met with community groups to help spread the word about stroke prevention and symptom recognition.

“I believe that public education, in addition to motivating providers to participate in a team-based approach for acute stroke care and creating and maintaining an efficient system of care for our acute and sub-acute stroke patients, can have a significant, positive impact on the community,” he says.

When he’s not working, Dr. Previti enjoys photography, traveling, skiing and spending time with friends and family.

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Baburaj Thankappan, M.D is board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine. He is a member of American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

After graduating from University of Kerala, India, he completed an internal medicine residency. He did further training in internal medicine in the United Kingdom and is a member of the college of physicians, M.R.C.P (U.K). He then completed residency in Neurology from Wayne state University, Michigan and fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy from Cleveland Clinic.

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He practices general neurology with focus on epilepsy, long term EEG monitoring and evoked potentials. His clinical interests also include sleep medicine.

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Dr. David Vossler holds his Doctor of Medicine degree, cum laude from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Bachelor or Arts, magna cum laude from University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. He completed his Neurology Residency at Boston University in 1987. He completed an additional Fellowship in Clinical Neuro-physiology in 1989 at University of Washington.

Dr. Vossler is the Medical Director of The Neuroscience Institute and a national authority on epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology. He has authored over 50 scientific articles and has served on journal editorial boards and boards of national neurology organizations. Dr. Vossler treats people with seizure disorders using standard medical and surgical techniques, and conducts ongoing research. He has received numerous professional honors. He was also named "Best Doctor" in the category of neurology by Washington State Travel and Life magazine.

In his personal time, he is an active volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America, conducts epilepsy research and, with his wife, raises four children. He enjoys skiing, camping, hiking, motorcycle touring and bicycling.

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Yahua Yu, MD, is a board certified general Neurologist. She completed her residency in Neurology at the University of Washington in 2002 and has been an active member of the American Academy of Neurology since. She graduated from Tongji Medical University in Wuhan, Hubei, China.